Hidden in π

Is my name in π?

Is Helena in π?

Found it: Helena starts at decimal place 858,022 of π.

Spelling Helena on a phone

  1. H4
  2. E3
  3. L5
  4. E3
  5. N6
  6. A2

Helena turns into 435362 on the keypad, 6 digits long.

Helena in the digits

Decimal place 858,022. That's about 858,022 digits into π.

Famous neighbours

  • 944 digits back to paunchy
  • 944 digits back to raunchy
  • refused, 1,418 digits on
  • eyesore, 1,971 digits on

The closest famous neighbour is paunchy, 944 digits to the left.

From the teacher's notes

A computer finds you in a blink. Reading aloud would take a good while longer.

Running to your name along the π tape = 0.2 marathons.

The name race

Number 1,283 of 2,007: Helena beats 36% of the 2,007 names on this list to its spot.

Helena's neighbours on this list

Helena is on our list of popular first names in the US.

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Your number is in π.*

We looked. All 100 billion digits. Twice, for luck.

A phone number, a birthday like 14/03/1999, a word, or up to four words like i love you. We won't tell anyone what you type. * Probably. 99.995% of ten-digit numbers. The other 0.005% are being difficult.

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